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Kobe only got NBA minimum wage for his first year, maybe two, I don't remember exactly. Most of the supporting cast of the Lakers are fairly run-of-the-mill players. It's only when you put together the best team, not the richest team, that you win championships. They would've won if they were all getting minimum wage. Shaq dominated throughout the playoffs, but he didn't win it by himself. He couldn't, as evidenced by his career pre-Lakers. The Lakers are an awesome team, and probably unstoppable for the next few years if everyone stays healthy. Somehow I doubt that any one of their paychecks was being thought of in the heat of the competition. They won fair and square, as I predict they will at least 3 more times this decade. Money didn't have a thing to do with the games on the courts, only the games off the court. And Dr. Buss won there too! LOL